The aircraft worth 1.5 million euro was manoeuvered onto the trailer with great care.
It was for cost reasons that the people in charge decided on transport by truck: the helicopter alone would have needed about twice as much fuel for the 3,000 km flight as the fully loaded truck on the 3,700 km long route by land. Furthermore, safety equipment and avalanche rescue gear, 40 pairs of skis, 25 airbag backpacks as well as a tank station and diverse spare parts were sent along as well. Before the aircraft could be loaded on a common mega trailer, the landing skids and the rotor blades had to be dismantled. With an otherwise required special semitrailer, the costs would have been significantly higher. After about eight days of driving through Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey, the transport will arrive in Georgia. The helicopter will be transported back to Austria in the spring.